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If you feel the earth move under your feet and you wonder if there's been an earthquake, there's a seismograph at Southern Oregon University that can tell you what really happened.

Patrons toke medical marijuana in Oregon cafe PORTLAND, Ore. - At first glance, the Cannabis Cafe, in a former adult club called Rumpspankers, looks like any other coffee shop.

With The Oregonian's recent articles and editorials about the state's Business Energy Tax Credit, one could be forgiven for thinking that Oregon has been blindly throwing money and common sense to the wind .

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Strong winds have left scores of Oregon and Washington residents without electricity.

One week, Rhonda Rebmann's niece had the flu. The next, her 10-year-old tabby cat started showing respiratory symptoms.

Oregon's unemployment rate for October remained unchaged from September, despite the 1,900 jobs lost last month.

A gunman fatally wounded a passenger in another vehicle at an Oregon intersection Saturday, setting off a police chase that ended when the suspect crashed and was killed by officers, authorities said.The passenger, 56-year-old Danny K. Le Gore of Hillsboro, was rushed to a local hospital where he died.

Chip Shields Iowa pioneered a common sense approach to reducing minority overrepresentation in the criminal-justice system.

November 20, 2009 Oregon College Saving Plan accounts will be reimbursed in early 2010 based on losses in bond fund Oregon families will recover losses that were alleged to be attributable to OppenheimerFunds' mismanagement of the Oregon 529 College Savings Network, following a landmark legal settlement approved Thursday by the Oregon 529 College ...

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The future of jobs in Jackson and Josephine counties, according to the Oregon Employment Department, is in service industries.

A federal grand jury in Eugene has indicted 13 people on mortgage and loan fraud charges arising from the collapse of a central Oregon development company.

Former Hewlett Packard executive Steve Shields is pulling out of the Oregon governor's race, he announced.

Oregon's dirtiest abandoned mine doesn't look like it's going to be cleaned up any time soon, unless someone claims responsibility for it and foots the $50 million bill.

Deportations of illegal immigrants with criminal records from Alaska, Oregon, and Washington this past year spiked by nearly 40 percent, while overall removals dropped for the first time in five years, according to new data released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Among the messages: Don't buy false solutions, and Climate Justice Not CO2 Trading.

A cat that died Nov. 7 is the first feline fatality from H1N1 flu, tests have confirmed.

The site of the proposed LNG plant in Warrenton looking towards Astoria. The liquefied natural gas company Oregon LNG has gotten two important thumbs up on its controversial lease with the Port of Astoria, boosting prospects for its plans to build a terminal on 92 acres near Youngs Bay.

Gov. Ted Kulongoski has asked two state agency heads to quickly review whether Oregon's increasingly expensive incentives for renewable energy companies are necessary, especially for wind energy.